Sustainability of the tourism industry, based on financial key performance indicators

Amfiteatru Economic

Volumn 16, Issue SpecialIssue.8, 2014, Pages 1048-1062

  Dutescu, Adriana ^a   Popa, Adriana Florina ^a   Ponorîcă, Andreea Gabriela ^a  

^a BUCHAREST UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC STUDIES   (Romania)

Author keywords

Hotel industry; Key performance indicators (KPIs); Small and medium sized enterprises (SMSs); Sustainability; Sustainable accounting and reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921377205     PISSN: 15829146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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